Prof. Michael Davis, LPC

Prof. Michael Davis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 41 years of experience in teaching, clinical counseling, and behavioral health leadership. He began teaching psychology at age 24 and has continued in that role, bringing decades of academic perspective to his clinical work. He started providing direct clinical counseling at age 30 and added formal legal training and law clerk experience at age 33, a combination that has informed his careful, analytical approach to complex cases.

Over his career he has directed several behavioral health and substance abuse clinics and developed specialized programs for sex offender treatment and anger management. His clinical practice emphasizes brief, focused interventions designed to produce clarity without unnecessary use of time or resources. Early in his career he trained in Rational-Emotive Therapy and now characterizes his guiding clinical philosophy as Existentialist, integrating client-centered techniques and cognitive-behavioral tools as appropriate.

Prof. Davis works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family issues, depression, LGBT matters, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related problems, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career issues, and bipolar disorder. He also addresses additional areas such as personality disorders, obsessive-compulsive concerns, phobias, sexual assault and dysfunction, sex addiction, infidelity, jealousy, multicultural issues, prejudice and discrimination, seasonal affective disorder, and antisocial personality considerations. His combined background in psychology, clinical practice, and law supports a pragmatic and experienced approach to complex emotional and behavioral challenges.